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Having completed his mission of sailing from England to Tahiti to gather breadfruit saplings, Captain Bligh finds his command under siege less than a month into the return voyage. Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian leads the mutinous crewmembers. .

(1947) The Kon-Tiki sets sail from Peru to the South Pacific

Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and crew leave Peru for Polynesia in a handmade balsa wood raft to prove that ancient South Americans could’ve reached the remote islands. And 101 days and 4,300 miles of Pacific Ocean later, the Kon-Tiki and crew will do just that..

(1994) Ames receives life sentence after spying for Soviets

CIA counterintelligence officer, and spy for the USSR and Russia, Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to espionage and is sentenced to life in prison. His years of treason compromised hundreds of intelligence operations and led to the execution of sources. .

(2001) US millionaire entrepreneur is first tourist in space

A former aerospace engineer, investment banker Dennis Tito pays $20 million to hitch a ride on the Russian Soyuz TM-32 mission. The amateur astronaut will spend more than a week orbiting earth as a visitor on the International Space Station..

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